Category: April 2012

University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 7:20 P.M. MDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Boulder!  (Applause.)  How’s it going, Buffaloes?  (Applause.)  Well, you guys are just happy because school is almost out, isn’t it?  (Laughter.) Please give Daniel a big round of applause for that great introduction.  (Applause.)  I just saw Daniel over at The Sink.  (Applause.)  I…

University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 1:19 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody!  (Applause.)  It is great to be back in Iowa City.  (Applause.)  I’m not going to give a long speech here.  I just want to say thank you to all the people who are taking an interest in this important issue.  I know…

University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 1:28 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Hawkeyes!  (Applause.)  It is good to be back in Iowa!  (Applause.)  Can folks please give it up for Blake for that outstanding introduction?  (Applause.)  And I want to thank the University of Iowa Pep Band for firing everybody up. (Applause.) There is some…

Today, we commemorate the Meds Yeghern, one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century.  In doing so, we honor the memory of the 1.5 million Armenians who were brutally massacred or marched to their deaths in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire.  As we reflect on the unspeakable suffering that took place 97…

In 2011, the worst drought in 60 years struck the Horn of Africa.  The United Nations declared famine in six regions of Somalia, threatening the lives of over 250,000 Somalis, and requiring urgent humanitarian assistance for more than 13.3 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya and other parts of Somalia.  The international community responded and famine…

East Room 10:11 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Wow, thank you, everybody.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Everybody, please have a seat.  Have a seat.  Welcome to the White House. Before we get started, I want to recognize one of our greatest advocates for education and for teachers, our Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, is here.  Give him…

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1:13 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you!  (Applause.)  Hello, North Carolina!  (Applause.)  What’s up, Tar Heels?  (Applause.) Now, first of all, I want to thank Domonique for that unbelievable introduction.  Wasn’t she good?  (Applause.)  You can tell she will be an outstanding teacher. AUDIENCE MEMBER:  I love…

Century Link Center Omaha, Nebraska 12:31 P.M. CDT MRS. OBAMA:  Oh, wow.  Thank you all so much.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you so much.  Rest yourselves.  Oh, I am so thrilled to be here with all of you today.  You cannot imagine.  And look at this room.  You all are amazing.  I want to start…

1:49 P.M. CDT MRS. OBAMA:  Thank you all so much.  (Applause.)  Let me tell you, it is a pleasure and an honor to be here with all of you. I want to start, of course, by thanking Warren for that very kind introduction.  Oh my goodness.  Every day, he reminds us that it’s not just…

4:05 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hey, everybody.  Thanks for being on the call.  And first of all, let me apologize if the connection sounds fuzzy.  As was just mentioned, I’m joining you guys on Air Force One. I’m just leaving North Carolina; I was at UNC-Chapel Hill.  Now I’m on my way to the University…